Municipal Golf Course
From Salem Links and Lore
The Salem Municipal Golf Course (known as Old Salem Greens Golf Course) was opened to the public on Sept. 12, 1933.
Built in 1933, Olde Salem Greens is a nine-hole golf course on 75 of the 275 acres at Highland Park. Yardage is 2,847, with a par 35. Tee times may be scheduled six days in advance for general public and seven days in advance for Season Pass Holders. Soft-spike shoes only. A handicapped-accessible golf cart is available.
Presently, Old Salem Greens Golf Course opens in early April and runs to Dec. 1, weather permitting. It is located on Willson St.
A new clubhouse for the course was built in 1998, after many years of planning.
The parking lot blacktop was repaved in 1999.
See Also
- Vertical File in Salem Collection - Golf Course
- Vertical File in Salem Collection - Golf Clubhouse
- Salem Evening News articles: Sept. 9, 1933 - p. 10; Sept. 11,1933- p.1; Sept. 12, 1933- p. 1;
Sept. 13, 1933 - p. 1
- Salem City Documents 1933- p. 137
- Salem City Documents 1932 - p. 137-8
- "Plan to build new golf clubhouse enters final phase" Salem Evening News, Sept. 28, 1995.
- "New clubhouse pushed for golf course" Salem Evening News, Sept. 11, 1996, p.C3
- "Construction gets underway on Olde Salem Green clubhouse" Salem Evening News, June 5, 1997, p. C3
- The Case Against Golf Course Expansion and For Preservation of Salem Woods by Burke, Luecke, Young, 2003
